The Federal Judicial Police comprise six central directorates.

The six central directorates are all based in Brussels.

• Three of them are directly in charge of fighting priority criminal phenomena :

• The Directorate of Crime against Persons (DJP)



	Terrorism and sects
	Drugs
	Assault and missing persons
	Trade and trafficking in human beings



• The Directorate of Crime against Goods (DJB)



	Trafficking in vehicles
	Organised robbery & Art
	Environment
	Armed robbery
	Arms
	Hormones



• The Directorate of Economic and Financial Crime (DJF)



	Organised economic and financial crime
	Corruption
	ICT crime
	Forgery
	Swindling
	Fugitive Asset Search Team (FAST)



• On the other hand, the three remaining central directorates take an indirect approach to criminal phenomena.


• Directorate of Judicial Police Operations (DJO)



	Management and national control of special investigation methods (observation, infiltration, informers)
	Direction, control and coordination of the Special Units’ interventions
	Operational crime analysis
	Participation (24/7) in the national contact point
	Wanted cases in the media



• Directorate of Organised Crime (DJC)



	Operational projects aimed at specific criminal groups
	Witness protection



• Directorate of Technical and Scientific Police (DJT)



	Audio-video
	Quality control and R&D
	Central unit and Photofit pictures
	Forensic identification service
	Behaviour sciences

The central directorates support the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in the coordination of the concrete issues dealt with by the 27 decentralised directorates. As they are dealing with priority phenomena or specialized tasks, they can provide the Federal Judicial Police services or the internal and external partners with expertise and support.

Except for the Directorate of Economic and Financial Crime, carrying out judicial investigations remains exceptional, for such task is the responsibility of the decentralised directorates.

In order to ensure our durability, we have to maintain our expertise but also constantly think about new developments. Together with quality control, this constitutes the essential task of the central directorates. Finally, the central directorates are an important link in the security chain, for instance through the implementation of programs within the framework of an overall approach and with the support of administrative (and thus preventive) and judicial measures offering the different partners innovative working methods.

Next to the 6 central directorates, the Service in charge of Special Judicial Missions in the Military (DJMM) executes specialised investigation duties in the armed forces.